Imperial College/14 August 2008

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[http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/4_August_2008 4] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/5_August_2008 5] [http://2008.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Imperial_College/6_August_2008&action=edit 6] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/7_August_2008 7] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/8_August_2008 8] [http://2008.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Imperial_College/9_August_2008&action=edit 9] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/10_August_2008 10]
[http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/11_August_2008 11] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/12_August_2008 12] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/13_August_2008 13] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/14_August_2008 14] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/15_August_2008 15] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/16_August_2008 16] [http://2008.igem.org/Imperial_College/17_August_2008 17]
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14 August 2008

Wet Lab

Cloning

  • Parts taken from the registry and transformed by electroporation into XL1-Blue E.coli along with XL1-Blue controls and grown on Kanamycin and Ampicillin plates. Parts taken:
    • C0012 (LacI)
    • J31005 (Chloraphemicol acetyltransferase)
    • B0015 (Double terminator)
    • J04630 (GFP and Double Terminator)
    • I13401 (mRFP and Double Terminator)

B.subtilis

  • The transformation protocol 2 was carried out today, [http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:IMPERIAL/2008/Prototype/Wetlab/Transformation_protocol_4#Transformation_Protocol_2| Click link here for protocol]
  • The basic principle of this protocol is that competent cells are prepared by growing a culture to a high O.D.600 and then performing electroporation on these competent cells.
  • Today we grew the competent cells, we used an O.D.600 of 1.5 before we harvested them. In addition electroporation was carried out using the plasmid pDR110. Previously we had mini-preped this to give a stock of 40ng/ul. We transformed with 40ng, 120ng, 200ng and 400ng in a volume of 10ul (water was used to make up to 10ul).
  • Transformed cells were plated out and placed into the 30oC incubator.

Dry Lab

  • Completed A More Complex Example of Bayesian Parameter Estimation of Tutorial 2.
  • Sourced for better tracking algorithm, found SpotTracker which is more accurate than ParticleTracker.
  • Went for microscope training, obtained 2 x videos on B.Subtilis motility, stored on server with James.
  • Discussion with Dr. Suhail ( from Structural Bioinformatics Group,Imperial College London) on the computing requirements to analyse the cells motility. We will be allocated a linux 64-bit workstation, that we will be able to access remotely via SSH.

Microscope

  • Chris, Clinton, James and Prudence received microscope training on Widefield 1, recording two 60s videos of B.subtilis swimming for analysis
  • Determined that best results would be obtained by bringing a B.subtilis overnight culture to the microscope facility and diluting 100 fold.